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filibuster n.
1. a person engaged in unauthorized warfare against a foreign state.
2. an action such as prolonged speaking that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly in a way that does not technically contravene the required procedures.
v.
1. act in an obstructive manner in a legislative assembly, especially by speaking at inordinate length: several measures were killed by Republican filibustering.
2. obstruct (a measure) in such a way.
late 18th century: from French
filibuster, first applied to pirates who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the West Indies. In the mid 19th century (via Spanish
filibustero), the term denoted American adventurers who incited revolution in several Latin American states, whence sense 1. The verb was used to describe tactics intended to sabotage U.S. congressional proceedings, whence sense 2.
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Filibusters: Whose Rule, and Whose to Change?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Republicans have targeted filibusters of judicial nominations...argument goes, a filibuster creates a super...nominations, the filibuster permits the Senate...nominations. "Abusive filibusters against judicial...legally dubious than filibusters of legislation...defenders of the ...
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Filibuster repair.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/22/2005; 700+ words
; ...Perhaps the most notorious filibuster against civil and minority...Contrary to assertions that filibuster abuse is a noble and enshrined...there were no more than 16 filibusters during the entire 19th century...were more than 195 Senate filibuster abuses. Far from "protecting...
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FILIBUSTERS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE JUST THE THREAT OF ONE USUALLY ELIMINATES NEED.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 5/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...They don't make filibusters like they used...simple threat of a filibuster have turned those...the right to filibuster a president's...But the memorable filibusters are a thing of...allow time for filibusters as well as work...of a potential filibuster also has proven...
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Filibuster a useful tool when it is correctly used
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 5/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...action -- the filibuster. Filibusters are intended...could stop a filibuster and allow them...s debates. Filibusters are not provided...of ruling a filibuster out of order...provide for filibusters, it could be...
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The filibuster - a debate that has never ended; Republicans draw closer to changing the Senate rules on approving court nominees.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...pot...." Today filibusters are more often threatened...But in a nine-hour filibuster over judicial nominations...was no way to end a filibuster. But President Wilson...willful men" used the filibuster to block a bill to...rule change to end filibusters with a two-thirds...
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Marathon Filibusters a Thing of the Past
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the right to filibuster a president's...But the memorable filibusters are a thing of...allow time for filibusters as well as work...of a potential filibuster also has proven...D'Amato's filibusters had more to do...second-longest filibuster _ 23 hours, 30...
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The Filibuster: A Tool for Good and Bad
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...laying down their arms, i.e., the filibuster -- the Senate has confirmed six of...contemplate the legislative weapon called the filibuster. In waging war against Senate Republican...civil rights lobbyists have hailed the filibuster as essential to the system of checks...
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Filibuster Precedent? Democrats Point to '68 and Fortas; But GOP Senators Cite Differences in Current Effort to Bar Votes on Judges
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...unprecedented use of filibusters to defeat judicial...1968 GOP-led filibuster against President...votes to halt a filibuster then was 67; filibusters can be halted...headlined "Filibuster Derails Supreme...for today's filibusters because Fortas...
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The Senate filibuster, a history
Newspaper article from: The Independent Weekly; 5/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ideologues was worth ending the filibuster? When the Senate first met...next 35 years. The first filibuster came in 1841 over a bill...printers. The first successful filibusters came during World War I...debate, it would end the filibuster on the affirmative vote of...
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The Senate filibuster: a constitutional critique.
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...increased use of the filibuster reflected rising partisanship...used or threatened filibusters far more often than...specifically protected from a filibuster.(4) The one-person...through teamwork. The filibuster overcomes the frailties...talkathon but rather at filibusters conducted by ...
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Filibuster, Congressional
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...by the majority. Since a filibuster brings almost all organized...halt, even the threat of a filibuster provides substantial pressure...floor. On the whole, while filibusters usually add little either...In the last analysis the filibuster remains a potentially powerful...
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Filibuster
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...since about 1970, filibusters have become commonplace...chamber floor during a filibuster — as depicted...typically threaten to filibuster as a strategic ploy...typically avoid overt filibusters by compromising over...it is appropriate to filibuster judicial appointments...
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filibuster
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
filibuster term used to designate obstructionist...cloture has been applied only rarely. The filibuster has been used by various blocs of Senators...By-Ways of War: The Story of the Filibusters (1901); F. L. Burdette, Filibustering...
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filibusters
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
filibusters Originally piratical adventurers or freebooters who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the 17th century. Subsequently it was used...
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Filibustering
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...But in most cases, filibusters acted without U.S...peace. While some filibuster armies targeted Canada...toward Latin America. "Filibusters" derives from the...about such colorful filibusters as Narciso L ó...Morehead. To thwart filibuster armies, that era...
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